A List of Everything Nice

In the simplest things you’ll find contentment. In contentment, you’ll open your eyes to the simplest things.

Surprising? No. Intriguing? Yes. Nothing drained me out of happiness more than the process of chasing one. “Life shouldn’t be this complicated, or should it?” I muttered under my breath. Ran and ran until I forgot what I’m really chasing after.

I snapped, I stopped. At that spot, I stopped. Not because I want to, but because I don’t have the strength to continue. I stopped. And I wish I stopped sooner.

Now, it is not numbers on the scale nor numbers on a sheet of paper that has the power to make my mouth curl up. It is the 9 o’clock breeze of a Wednesday morning, the smell of newly-laundried covers, a one-hour free period of listening to my favorite tracks, the waiting of a Wingstop delivery, a fully written journal book, a clean and fresh-aired room, a WhatsApp icon with no notification, a corgi video, a heartwarming movie, a new handlettering pen, and a guitalele with all strings attached.

I can go on for hours and hours of how beautiful life is. I’m glad I have this writing to go back to whenever I feel life is draining the energy out of me.